Welcome to the game changer life. I'm Dave Anderson. In this episode, I want to talk about the remedy for entitlement. Entitlement. Entitlement is a mindset that is a stench.

It drains the life out of a culture, drains a life out of an organization. It's this feeling that

you're just owed something, that you're not. And if you look at the definition of entitlement,

it says believing you are owed special rewards, privileges, or treatment.

Well, the problem is when you're not owed it, but you think you are, so you start to expect it.

And in some cases, you even demand it.

And man, what will that do to a culture at home when you've got entitled kids, to a culture in an organization where people think

they're entitled to more money, they're entitled to more perks, or they're entitled to more

playing time because of X, Y, or Z. They haven't earned it, they don't deserve it, they just think

they have it coming. It's a sick mindset. It's the opposite of gratitude. Gratitude is the opposite,

is the antithesis of entitlement. You cannot be grateful and

entitled at the same time. So when you're grateful, you're probably not feeling that entitled,

but when you're entitled, you're not feeling that grateful. So entitled people are generally a bunch

of unhappy, ungrateful slugs. And that's how they go through life. And it's getting worse, folks. It's getting

worse because when you look at what happens in society, you have to understand how it impacts

organizations. And when you look at the rise of entitlement in society, and most people would

agree, there is a huge rise of entitlement. I speak 120 times a year. I've done this for two

decades. I've spoken in 17 countries. And when I asked the question, have you noticed a rise of

this sense of entitlement in society over the years? Everybody's hand goes up. All the heads nod yes.

Well, here's why that's an issue. Trends in organizations tend to follow trends in society.

So if society becomes more entitled, your organizations are going to feel more entitled

because the people who work in your organizations also happen to live in society,

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